MNL Oview

Learn how to better understand your role as a municipal councillor and how MNL can support you and your municipality.

Presented by:

Karen Oldford, President of MNL

Karen brings a strong history of community involvement and volunteerism. Elected Deputy Mayor of Labrador City in 2009, Karen then assumed the role of Mayor in 2011 and was elected Mayor my acclamation in 2013. As Mayor Oldford as been a member of the Combined Councils of Labrador, and since taking on the role of President of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador in 2015 she has been an active member of the Atlantic Mayors Congress and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Craig Pollett, CEO of MNL

Craig has been the CEO of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL) since 2001. Prior to that, he completed his Masters in Development Economics at Dalhousie University in 1996 and spent more than 10 years working in economic development and policy analysis; first with the Atlantic Entrepreneurial Institute at Memorial University and then moving to the Provincial Government as a Senior Policy Analyst.